Fredrick monier



(No Model.)

I. MONIER.

SPUR.

Patented Apr. 1, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDRICK MONIER, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

SPUR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,719, dated April 1, 1890.

Application filed December 20, 1839- Serial No. 334,397. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDRICK MONIER, of New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spurs, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, whereby any one skilled in the art can make and use the same.

My invention relates to the class of spurs that are made up in sections; and my invention relates to certain improved attaching means, whereby the rim and neck that are in the first instance made of separate pieces are permanently secured to each other in a simple and extremely durable manner.

My invention consists in the details of the several parts making up the spur as a whole, and in their combination, as more particularly hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side View of a completed spun, Fig. 2 is a detail top view of the rim-blank. Fig. 3 is a detail front view of the rim-blank. Fig. 4 is a detail top View of the neck. Fig. 5 is a detail view in section through the rim-blank and through the neck-blank, these parts being shown in proper relation to illustrate the manner of attaching the parts together.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter a denotes a spur as a whole, I) the rim, 0 the neck that is secured thereto, and d the rowel or wheel. These parts are usually made of metal cast to shape, and my improvement enables them to be made of iron, malleable iron, or steel, the rim being cast to shape and forming a blank b, having 011 the inner sides the recesses b at the extreme front ends of the rim, where the means for attachment of the strap are usually arranged,while 0n the center of the curve at the rear of the rim is a projectinginterlocking partlf This extends vertically on the central rear portion of the rim and is bounded, preferably, at each side by a flattened surface I). The locking projection b is preferably tapered in two directions, as shown, so that it will fit closely into a socket 0, formed in the end of the neck a. This cut in the neck-blank is formed in the reverse of the projection, so thatwhen the lug or tenon b is fitted within the socket c the two parts-the rim and the neck-will be securely locked together, the neck having on each side of the socket c flattened surfaces 0 that fit snugly against the corresponding surfaces 11 of the rim.

The neck is provided with the usual forked end 0 within which the rowel cl is supported by the pivot-pin f or screw firmly secured in place.

It is evident that it is not essential to my improvement that the tenon should be formed on the rim, as an equallysecure joint formed of interlocking lugs and sockets on the principle described can be made with the projecting lug on the neck, while the socket is formed in the rim; but the form of the improvement as shown in the drawings is the preferred form. After the rim and neck have been fastened to each other, as described, by means of the inner engaging tenon or lug and socket the parts are soldered or brazed together or closed upon each other by pressure.

The recesses 12 afford room for heading over or riveting the inner end of the stud g, on which the attaching-strap may be buttoned. It also affords room for the fold of the link h, of thin metal, that supports a chain or attachingstrap that lies below the shank of the shoe and forms part of the attaching means.

I claim as my invention In a spur, in combination with a rim having on its rear end an upright projecting tapered lug bounded on each side by bearingsurfaces, a neck having in its rear end acorresponding and tapered socket adapted to receive the projection on the rim, the said socket being bounded on each side by bearin -surfaces fitting the corresponding bearing-surfaces on the rim, all substantially as described.

FREDRICK MONIER. lVitnesses:

V. B. CHAMBERLAIN, F. S. CHAMBER AIN. 

